Windows 10 Unexpectedly Updated to 1803
A Windows 10 Pro machine unexpectedly updated from 1709 to 1803, even though it is on a domain with group policy to defer updates. The Microsoft product team reviewed logs …
Mesh Commander and the Two Green Arrows
This weekend, I was glad to have Intel vPro set up on some remote client machines. Windows had lost network connection (a DHCP issue) but fortunately vPro still had the …
USG to ER-X IPSec VPN: Turn Off Dynamic Routing
I’ve had two Unifi USGs connected via IPSec VPN with no issue. I decided to replace the USG on one side with an EdgeRouter ER-X. I’ve spent many hours over …
Network Location Awareness Doesn’t Identify Domain
One small client has a Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain controller and a few Windows 7 desktops. It’s a wired, mostly gigabit network. Some desktops, especially those that have are …
Updating the CredSSP Group Policy
“Patch Lady” Susan Bradley has some helpful explanations on AskWoody about Microsoft KB4093942, “CredSSP updates for CVE-2018-0886.” She mentions that you can prepare for the updates by setting group policy …
Change Microsoft Office to Semi-Annual Channel
I installed Office 2016 from an MSI installer, but the updates apparently still happen via a Click-to-Run process. Susan Bradley has a nice tip here on changing from monthly to …
Move Seiko Smart Label Software to a New Computer
If you install Seiko’s Smart Label Printer for Windows software on a new computer, you’ll want to copy the label library from your old computer. It’s stored in this file: …
Managing Windows 10 Updates Using Group Policy
I am still pretty early in my journey of learning how to manage Windows 10 Pro updates, but I am a little encouraged to find that there are several setting …
Windows 10 Forces Early Upgrade, Behaves Like a Virus
I have an older machine running Windows 10 1607. I tried 1703 but had problems so restored to 1607. Last week when I booted the machine, I was treated with …
Essentials 2012 R2 Dashboard Fails with .NET 4.6 and 4.7
On an Essentials 2012 R2 machine, I have a dashboard alert that I need to ignore. But when I try to ignore the alert, the green bar just runs from …